Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups ...

Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep ...

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

Roughly three months after Iraqi lawmakers proposed a bill to slash the country’s legal age of consent from 18 to nine years old, Iraq’s parliament passed an amendment to the country’s personal status ...

The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...

A former military bride from San Diego came to Concord Tuesday to urge t Legislature to reject a proposal to allow 17-year-olds to marry if one member of the couple is active-duty military. The bill ...

The amendments to the country's legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and would potentially legalize child marriage Iraq's parliament approved three controversial laws on Tuesday, ...

The actor has been more focused on political causes than on his career in recent years, but the 2023 ‘Asphalt City’ indicates ...

Currently, the minimum age for a girl's marriage is 18, but the proposed changes to the law would give more power to clerics ...